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A substance that donates a pair of electrons to form coordinate covalent bond is called

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Lewis base: any species that can donate a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond. ligand: molecule or ion that surrounds a transition metal and forms a complex ion; ligands act as Lewis bases

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